PUMA.Safe Environmental Handbook Volume 1 - About PUMA
PUMA.Safe Environmental Handbook Volume 1 - About PUMA
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APPENDIX<br />
UN Global Compact Principles<br />
The Ten Principles<br />
The UN Global Compact's ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anticorruption<br />
enjoy universal consensus and are derived from:<br />
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights<br />
• The International Labour Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work<br />
• The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development<br />
• The United Nations Convention Against Corruption<br />
The UN Global Compact asks companies to embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set<br />
of core values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti-corruption:<br />
Human Rights<br />
• Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights;<br />
and<br />
• Principle 2: make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.<br />
Labour<br />
• Principle 3: Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to<br />
collective bargaining;<br />
• Principle 4: the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour;<br />
• Principle 5: the effective abolition of child labour; and<br />
• Principle 6: the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.<br />
Environment<br />
• Principle 7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges;<br />
• Principle 8: undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; and<br />
• Principle 9: encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.<br />
Anti-Corruption<br />
• Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.<br />
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